ACT - Dementia Awareness Week 2011 International Guest Speaker Professor John Breitner

21 Sep 2011, 2.00pm - 3.30pm

Southern Cross Club ACT
Corinna Street, Woden, ACT, 2606 

Event type
Seminar 
Suitable for
All Alz employees, Care Workers, Family and Carers, General Public, Health Professionals, People with dementia 
Members
FREE
Non-Members
FREE
Registration for this event is closed

You are invited to attend a free guest lecture by internationally renowned Professor John Breitner*, one of the world’s leading authorities on Alzheimer’s disease, its risk factors and their implications for its prevention.

Note: The previously promoted US Professor Ronald Petersen is now unavailable due to illnessTopics include:

1.What research tells us about the progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia.

2.Strategies for identifying those at risk or those in the earliest stages of the disease - how close are we?

3.The possibilities for modifying progression and in what timescale 4.The need for action on dementia risk reduction, enhancing the diagnostic skills of GP's, medication trials and investment in research.

*Note: The previously promoted US Professor Ronald Petersen is now unavailable due to illness

* If registering as an Alzheimer's Australia member you will be required to supply a valid membership number upon arrival at the event.